Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 8 Touman Chanyu Retreats

When the news of the successful implementation of the new Qin law in the Great Qin reached the Huns, Touman Shanyu realized that he had lost the best chance to attack the Great Qin, so he led 2 soldiers back to Mobei.Originally wanted to take advantage of Qin Shihuang's new funeral and Fusu and Huhai's busy seizing power to annex the northern border of Qin, but they didn't want to meet their old rival Meng Tian.Touman Shanyu became more and more depressed as he thought about it, so he led his army towards Yuezhi.Touman Shanyu never dreamed that his decision would drive him to a dead end.

In the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace, the scouts from Shangjun were reporting to Fusu the details of the Xiongnu's withdrawal, and also reported the news that the scouts had discovered Touman Shanyu's movement to the Yueshi.

Fusu was ecstatic after hearing the news.I have always wanted to find an opportunity to test the strength of the Huns cavalry, but the cunning Huns have been cruising outside the front of the Great Qin Bing.Although the Qin army has been on the offensive, it was unable to cause effective damage to the Huns, because the Qin infantry was completely helpless in the face of the fast and flexible advantages of the Huns cavalry.

Fusu thought that there would be no chance to fight the Huns cavalry in the short term, but unexpectedly, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came to him right now.With Yuezhi's strength, he was by no means an opponent of the Huns, but it was more than enough to hold Touman Chanyu back.When Yueshi couldn't bear it anymore, he would definitely turn to Daqin for help.At that time, Da Qin will use the Hexi Corridor as the price for sending troops. Compared with the suffering of subjugation, King Yueshi will definitely choose to cede the Hexi Corridor in exchange for Da Qin sending troops.

When the Hexi Corridor was in hand, Fusu immediately sent troops to attack Touman Shanyu's exhausted army, and took the opportunity to launch the Great Qin Iron Cavalry. The Yuezhi and other countries in the Western Regions can only wait and see.The entire Western Regions will belong to Great Qin.

"Hurry up and call Li Si, Xiao He, Fan Zeng, and Han Xin to see me," Fu Su ordered to the guards.

An hour later, Li Si, Xiao He, Fan Zeng, and Han Xin rushed to Shanglin Garden, and Fusu just waited for Li Si and the other four.

"Everyone, the Huns have withdrawn their troops from Jiuyuan County to attack the Yuezhi. I think this is a great opportunity for the Great Qin. When the Huns and the Yuezhi are both defeated, then the Yuezhi King will definitely ask my Daqin for help. .My Great Qin made the condition of sending troops thousands of miles away from Yanzhi Mountain. It is expected that King Yueshi would never risk the danger of subjugation and protect the land west of Hexi. Fusu said resolutely.

"My lord, I think my current enemies of Great Qin are Xiang Yu, Hu Hai and others. Is it a bit of a waste of time to attack the Xiongnu in order to give up Xiang Yu and Hu Hai in the barren land thousands of miles away from Yanzhi Mountain?" Prime Minister Li Si said.

"My lord, I also think that it is really inappropriate to join forces with the Yue Clan to attack the Xiongnu. Jiangdong Xiang Clan and Nanyue Zhao Tuo are waiting for the opportunity. Once we attack the Huns, these people will definitely take the opportunity to attack the hinterland of our Great Qin. If you want to fight on the front line, you will inevitably fall into a passive position. Besides, most of the Xiongnu are located in barren land, and it is not profitable to attack the Huns.” Xiao He is also not very in favor of the crusade against the Xiongnu at this time.

"Everyone, I am in favor of you sending troops to attack the Xiongnu. Since the promulgation of the new Qin law, the hearts of our people in Great Qin have been settled, and there has been no rebellion under your rule. The Jiangdong Xiang family is busy attacking Hu Hai's Jiujiang County. I am not a threat. As for Liu Ji of Dang County, since the disastrous defeat at Jiangling City, he is no longer able to attack our Southern County in a short period of time. If Touman Shanyu directly withdraws to Mobei, we really can't do anything. After all, Mobei is too far away from me, so thank you It would be too uneconomical to attack from far away. But after all the calculations, I never thought that the idiot Touman Shanyu would dare to attack the Yue clan with a tired army. Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Fan Zeng said excitedly. Said to Fusu and the others.

"My lord, I am also in favor of sending troops to attack the Xiongnu. I believe that the disaster of the Xiongnu is far beyond the rebellion of the Jiangdong Xiang family. The grasslands in Mobei are vast and sparsely populated, and the Xiongnu are good at using cavalry, so they can come at any time. If it is not wiped out as soon as possible, it will be a serious disaster in the future. The son releases the Great Wall civil servants, maybe he intends to wipe out the Xiongnu as soon as possible?" Han Xin, who has always been taciturn, also expressed his own views.

Fusu looked at Han Xin with admiration, and it can be deduced that Fusu intends to exterminate the Xiongnu through the release of the Great Wall labor.Han Xin is indeed not simple.This is actually Fusu's established strategy. Use this opportunity to drive the Xiongnu out of the Hetao area, so that the Xiongnu will not violate the northern border of the Great Qin Dynasty again in the short term.When the formation of the Great Qin Iron Cavalry is completed, the main force of the Huns will be wiped out in Mobei in one fell swoop.Abandoning the construction of the Great Wall means that the ten-thousand-mile defense line between Liaodong County and Longxi County will have no danger to defend and no city to rely on.The Huns cavalry can choose any point between these ten thousand miles to attack.The best solution is to wipe out the Huns as soon as possible.

"Do you know how much land there is in the land west of Yanzhi Mountain?" Fusu asked with a smile. "

"My lord, I don't know"

"Let me tell you that there are 900 million mu of land that can be reclaimed as good farmland after leaving Yanzhi Mountain, and there are even tens of thousands of mu of grassland." Fusu roughly stated the land and grassland area of ​​the Hexi Corridor.Of course Fusu in history didn't know this, but Xu Yun did.The Hexi Corridor, which has always been regarded by the Great Qin as a place of barbarians, is definitely a treasure land.

The later president of Peking University, Ji Xianlin, once commented on the Hexi Corridor: "There are only four cultural systems in the world with a long history, a vast territory, a self-contained system, and far-reaching influence: China, India, Greece, and Taiwan. There is no fifth one. And this There is only one place where the four cultural systems meet, and that is China's Hexi Corridor Dunhuang and Xinjiang, and there is no other place."

With the Hexi Corridor as the base, you can directly attack the Xiongnu when you enter, and you can defend the Central Plains when you retreat. The most important thing is that the Hexi Corridor is the only way to enter and exit Central Asia. After exiting the Hexi Corridor, you can enter Europe through Central Asia, and you can also bypass it. The Himalayas detoured to India, benefiting from the moisture of the Indian Ocean monsoon. At this time, India was much richer than Daqin.At this time, the Maurya Dynasty, which ruled India, naturally became the world's most powerful country.

"I don't know how you know that there are so many lands and pastures outside Yanzhi Mountain?" Li Si asked suspiciously.

"In the days of the first emperor, the Xiongnu invaded our border many times, so I wanted to learn more about the Xiongnu for future use in attacking the Xiongnu. Therefore, I asked a few Hu merchants in Xianyang to learn about it. You must have some understanding of the situation of the countries in the Western Regions. I never thought it would be used today." Fusu continued to make up nonsense seriously.You can't tell Li Si that all the junior high school students have learned this geography knowledge.

"My lord is far-sighted, I admire you." Li Si was completely convinced by Fusu's words.

"Oh, this gap in cognition is really incomprehensible, it can be fooled." Fusu couldn't help feeling a burst of emotion in his heart.

Knowing that the crusade against the Huns would have such great benefits, Li Si and Xiao He no longer objected to sending troops to the Huns.

The next day at the court meeting, Fusu put the formation of the Daqin Iron Cavalry on the agenda. At first, all the officials opposed it, but when Fusu told everyone the huge benefits of swallowing the Hexi Corridor, and promised to wait until the fertile land in Hexi was reclaimed After each of the hundred officials in the court was given a hundred acres of fertile land, the voices of opposition instantly decreased a lot.The matter of forming an iron cavalry to conquer the Huns can continue to be discussed.Fusu thought of what Guiguzi said: "It is better to persuade each other with words than to lure them with benefits, so as to lure their own fish into the bait."

"The ancients don't deceive me. These bad old men are really bad. What about the righteousness of the family and the country? Vulgar, too vulgar. Disgusting, disgusting." Thinking of losing thousands of acres of fertile land for no reason, Fu Su couldn't help but look down on these bad old men.But soon I was relieved, to deal with these old masters, you have to coerce and lure, I will threaten first, if the coercion fails, then reason, if the reason fails, then threaten..., if it doesn't work, then cut flesh and gain.Fusu finally understood the ultimate way of being a king.

(End of this chapter)